Online Samples from Sing Your Way Through PhonicsListen to excerpts from our phonics instruction songs and see how Mini-Charts can link singing with print. Check out ideas from the lesson plans and the activities included in Teaching Suggestions Booklets (free with CD purchases). You can visit our phonics products descriptions to learn more about the products. You can hear the audio samples below in either Real Audio format or MP3 format. Not sure which format will work best for you? Then review the audio format descriptions to find out which one may work best with your computer. |
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| Ready to Read! Music Sample "Rhyme in Time" (Teacher's Voice)
Listen to Rhyme in Time audio sample in either Real Audio or MP3 format. Ready to Read! Lyrics Sample |
Ready to Read! Mini-Chart Sample - "Rhyme in Time"
Ready to Read! Teaching Suggestions Booklet Sample Objective: Children will learn to recognize rhyming words by their sound as they occur in sentences, poetry, and songs. *Practice this song plus nursery rhymes and other simple poems, omitting the rhyming words for students to supply. (Ex. Hickory Dickory ____; the mouse ran up the _____.) Order a Ready to Read! Combo online. Print an order form to mail or FAX. |
| Ready to Read! Music Sample "Tongue Tangle" (Teacher's Voice)
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Ready to Read! Mini-Chart Sample - "Tongue Tangle"
Ready to Read! Teaching Suggestions Booklet Sample Objective: Children will recognize alliterative words by their sound as they occur in sentences, poetry, and songs. *Have a scavenger hunt to look for objects or pictures around the room that begin with a designated letter. Example: h=house, head. Order a Ready to Read! Combo online. Print an order form to mail or FAX. |
Vol. 1 Music Sample"Spelling Families" (Teacher's Voice) Listen to Spelling Families audio sample in either Real Audio or MP3 format. Vol. 1 Lyrics Sample |
Vol. 1 Mini-Chart Sample"Spelling Families" Vol. 1Teaching Suggestions Booklet Sample Objective: Children will learn to recognize short vowel spelling patterns and families of rhyming words. After the basic song has been learned, use the instrumental version of the song and the Mini-Chart templates to substitute other short vowel word families. Examples: cap/map/nap, hen/pen/ten, fit/pit/sit, dog/fog/log, gum/hum/sum For more details check out the "Spelling Families" phonics lesson plan. Order a Volume 1 CD/Mini-Chart/Lyrics Combo online. Order a Volume 1 CD online. Print an order form to mail or FAX. |
Vol. 1 Music Sample"What's That Sound?" (Children's Voices) Listen to What's That Sound? audio sample in either Real Audio or MP3 format. Vol. 1 Lyrics Sample |
Vol. 1 Mini-Chart Sample"What's That Sound?" Vol. 1 Teaching Suggestions Booklet Sample Objective: Children will practice vocalizing the sounds associated with the consonant letters. · After the basic song has been learned, use the instrumental version of the song and the Mini-Chart templates to change the order in which consonants are presented. Examples: Verse 1z, h, j. Verse 2p, b, g. Verse 3n, d, r. Verse 4y, q, v. Verse 5m, f, l. Verse 6w, t, s. Order a Volume 1 CD/Mini-Chart/Lyrics Combo online. Order a Volume 1 CD online. Print an order form to mail or FAX. |
Vol. 2 Music Sample"Contraction Action" (Teacher's Voice) Listen to Contraction Action audio sample in either Real Audio or MP3 format. Vol. 2 Lyrics Sample |
Vol. 2 Mini-Chart Sample"Contraction Action" Vol. 2 Teaching Suggestions Booklet Sample Objective: Children will learn and apply the rules for forming contractions. · After the basic song has been learned, use the instrumental version of the song and the Mini-Chart templates to substitute other contractions. Examples: I am/I'm, you are/you're, he is/he's, we are/we're, they are/they're, it is/it's. Play a Bingo game in which the caller states two words and the players cover up the squares with the contractions for those two words. Order a Volume 2 CD/Mini-Chart/Lyrics Combo online. Order a Volume 2 CD online. Print an order form to mail or FAX. |
Vol. 2 Music Sample"The Right Diphthong" (Children's Voices) Listen to The Right Diphthong audio sample in either Real Audio or MP3 format Vol. 2 Lyrics Sample |
Vol. 2 Mini-Chart Sample"The Right Diphthong" Vol. 2 Teaching Suggestions Booklet Sample Objective: Children will learn the spelling patterns and sounds associated with the diphthongs ou, ow, oi, and oy. · After the basic song has been learned, use the instrumental version of the song and the Mini-Chart templates to substitute other examples of each diphthong. Examples: oucloud, couch, pound, sound. owbow, brow, clown, drown. oibroil, coil, soil, foil. oyLloyd, soy, boys, toys. · Sing the song as a partner song with one group singing the questions and the other speaking the answers. For more details check out the "The Right Diphthong" phonics lesson plan. Order a Volume 2 CD/Mini-Chart/Lyrics Combo online. Order a Volume 2 CD online. Print an order form to mail or FAX. |
Vol. 3 Music Sample"There Is No K in Christmas" (Teacher's Voice) Listen to There Is No K in Christmas audio sample in either Real Audio or MP3 format. Vol. 3 Lyrics Sample Do you hear a k in Christmas? |
Vol. 3 Mini-Chart Sample"There Is No K in Christmas" Vol. 3 Teaching Suggestions Booklet Sample Objective: Children will learn to recognize and spell words in which the letter combination c-h is pronounced /k/. · Discuss how the /k/ sound can be spelled in ways other than ch.. Examples: c in car and Atlantic, ck in quack, k in kitten and ark. For more details check out "There Is No K in Christmas" phonics lesson plan. Order a Volume 3 CD/Mini-Chart/Lyrics Combo online. Order a Volume 3 CD online. Print an order form to mail or FAX. |
Vol. 3 Music Sample"Belongings" (Children's Voices) Listen to Belongings audio sample in either Real Audio or MP3 format. Vol. 3 Lyrics Sample If the jackets belong to boys, |
Vol. 3 Mini-Chart Sample"Belongings" Vol. 3 Teaching Suggestions Booklet Sample Objective: Children will learn the spelling rules for singular and plural possessive nouns. · Use the instrumental version of the song and the Mini-Chart templates to replace the belongings in the song. Examples: Replace jackets with backpacks. Replace hats with bags. Replace room with book. Replace dessert with a cake. Replace house with farm. Replace fancy car with video game. · Use the instrumental version of the song and the Mini-Chart templates to replace the owners as well as the possessions. Examples: If the spots all belong to dogs...If the squeals all belong to pigs...If the food is shared by monkeys...If a class is shared by students...If the players all own the bat. For more details check out the "Belongings" phonics lesson plan. Order a Volume 3 CD/Mini-Chart/Lyrics Combo online. Order a Volume 3 CD online. Print an order form to mail or FAX. |
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